The Aviva Tour of Britain 2015 2.HC 6/9/15-13/9/15

[lemon cheese cake]

The whole team are wearing them.

 

[TMP402]

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Why is Wiggins wearing an Estonian national champ's jersey?

And has anyone ever pronounced Conor Dunne's name as 'Dooon' before?

It's a mark of respect to Tom Simpson.

In what way?

 

[TMP402]

There should be different tours for England, Wales and Scotland. Enough of the long transfers.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Why is Wiggins wearing an Estonian national champ's jersey?

And has anyone ever pronounced Conor Dunne's name as 'Dooon' before?

It's a mark of respect to Tom Simpson.

In what way?

From Instagram:

For one day only @wigginsofficial will commemorate Tom Simpson's world road race championship win 50 years ago by wearing this special edition jersey! #avivatob2015 #tourofbritain #tob2015 #stage1 #wiggins #tomsimpson

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Why is Wiggins wearing an Estonian national champ's jersey?

And has anyone ever pronounced Conor Dunne's name as 'Dooon' before?

It's a mark of respect to Tom Simpson.

In what way?

Rapha marketing. Trying to create far-fetched meaning where's none.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/rapha-pays-tribute-to-tom-simpson-with-special-edition-kit-189783

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re: Re:

Why is Wiggins wearing an Estonian national champ's jersey?

And has anyone ever pronounced Conor Dunne's name as 'Dooon' before?

It's a mark of respect to Tom Simpson.

In what way?

Rapha marketing. Trying to create far-fetched meaning where's none.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/rapha-pays-tribute-to-tom-simpson-with-special-edition-kit-189783

Yes it more Rapha marketing, but it's a nice touch for the 50th anniversary of his Worlds win, especially after that fateful day up Ventoux 2 years later.

 

[BigMac]

@Pricey I agree it's a nice touch, the jersey even looks nice. But the colour scheme / meaning is really far-fetched.

 

[TMP402]

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@Pricey I agree it's a nice touch, the jersey even looks nice. But the colour scheme / meaning is really far-fetched.

Yeah colour scheme very odd. The Estonia comment was spot on.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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@Pricey I agree it's a nice touch, the jersey even looks nice. But the colour scheme / meaning is really far-fetched.

Yeah I know what you mean.

Back to the race, Lotto lending a hand now and the gap down to 1min with 9.5km's to go.

 

[Pricey_sky]

This is going to be close!

33s with 4.5k to go

House goes solo

 

[TMP402]

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House goes solo

Detached.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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House goes solo

Detached.

Caught with 1.5k to go. Bunch sprint!

 

[TMP402]

Viviani?

 

[BigMac]

Elia.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lol Viviani
All that work by Sky was worth it after all.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Great sprint from Viviani! Cav covered Greipel but Viviani goes up the inside.

 

[TMP402]

Cavendish seemed too hesitant.

 

[fungusbear]

Cav blew that- should have blocked Viv

 

[BigMac]

It was the old lady's with the cat fault.

 

[Pricey_sky]

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Cavendish seemed too hesitant.

If Cav stayed up the inside he'd have won but he drifted across to make Greipel go wide and Viviani got the gap.

Deserved after Sky did all that work.

 

[Andy262]

Cav too busy watching Gorilla

 

[TourOfTexas]

Perfect leadouts this weekend for both Cav and Boonen and they both blow it. Has beens.

 

[TMP402]

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Cav too busy watching Gorilla

He looked round almost as many times as Degenkolb in the velodrome.

 

[BigMac]

Who are the commentators? Scared at the Sean Kelly look alike.

 

[TourOfSardinia]